Sunday, April 12, 2015

Seasons Story has opened this month for a Spring round. I am celebrating spring showers with traditional Japanese umbrellas, bamboo frames with decorated washi paper. Continuing my kitsune theme from Xiasumi, in some parts of Japan, a sunshower is called kitsune no yomeiri, a fox wedding. My foxes are prepared for the wedding, with a selection of fitting wagasa: 11 decorated with playful foxes- 7 frolicking with sakura flowers, 4 with kitsune-bi ("foxfire")- and 2 more decorated with just cherry blossoms. The open umbrellas can be held in the left or right hand, with two left hand options. Two closed display versions are also included, one with the string up
for hanging. Unlike western umbrellas, wagasa are stored upright,
standing on the handle or hanging.

Each umbrella comes with the patterned version, and a simpler solid paper cover of just the background colour. They are texture change with HUD, which also changes all the assorted bits of the wagasa.

10 colours of zukami (the very top bit that covers the end of the
frame): black, white, brown, pink, red, orange, green, teal, blue, and
purple
10 colours of atama himo (the string tied around the
zukami): black, white, brown, pink, red, orange, green, teal, blue, and
purple
7 solid and multicolour kagari ito options (the decorative strings around the inner ribs), which can also be turned off
11 colours of frame and ribs: black, white, pink, red, orange, green, teal, blue, purple, bamboo, and darker wood
and 11 colours of handles- that can match the frames, or you can choose one that does not match

The HUD also lets you choose wet (shiny, requires Atmospheric Shaders) or dry, and solid or a bit see through (note: the closed umbrellas are always solid, since they are folded up!)

The wagasa can be found at Seasons Story this month! I'm in the south-southwest spoke off the center, next to ~silentsparrow~ and across from katat0nik (Supernatural club is sticking together! Contraption, our fearless club leader, is next to katat0nik).

Saturday, April 11, 2015

This month, Collabor88 is all about punk with a girly edge. I prettied up some skulls by pairing them with pearls- or I punked up some pearls by carving skulls into them. There are earrings and a necklace, and a set of bracelets that can be stacked and worn all together, or any can be worn separately. The skulls can match the skulls in the flowery sakura mori pieces.

Xiasumi School
has opened its doors to the public for a spring school festival. I'm
in Supernatural club with ~silent sparrow~ (we're sharing a classroom)
and katat0nik (in the classroom right next door) and a bunch of other
awesome people. Each club got to decorate the floor of its building-
Supernatural club is the best club and you should vote for us. I'm
totally unbiased.

For the event, I made a few things. The sakura mori neo kanzashi are
spooky hair flowers with skull centers, a modern interpretation of the
traditional Japanese kanzashi- HUD texture options in a variety of
colours for all the bits, in hair clips and hairsticks and clustered
hana kanzashi hair decorations with and without danging chains with
skulls.

(hair by Clawtooth, head by VCO, kimono by GUARAN-DOU)

There are also little baby kitsune, who nap in your arms, twitching little paws and tails in their sleep. Each comes with either one or two tails, the extra tail is where they store their extra magic.

And I made matching kitsune ears and tails for the donation item, all proceeds go to the Save the Children Charity for the Japan Earthquake Tsunami Children fund. There are plain ears, and ears decorated with the same skull flowers as the neo kanzashi. There are multiple tail options included- your choice of single tails, two sets of three tails, and a set of nine tails (for the very old foxes who've lived a long time). They are divided into sections for more flexibility, so you can customize them further if you also use the Edit menu.

Select your base ear and tail textures from the top rows, and then choose the inners and backs of the ears, and the tail tips, from the lower options. You can also select sections and tint the overlays for even more options. Open Edit, and Select Face. Make sure you select the parts with the transparencies, NOT the underfur (unless you want to tint that instead!)

The ears and tails can be found in my classroom, and with the rest of the donation items in the shrine area. My classroom is in the east wing of the south building.

If you come to my classroom, there is also a free gift, a teru teru bozu ("shine shine monk"), the little bald doll hung as a magical talisman to bring sunshine and ward off rain. He's also got a bit of a gruesome children's rhyme to go with him, befitting his appearance in Supernatural club!

Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu
Do make tomorrow a sunny day
Like the sky in a dream sometime
If it's sunny I'll give you a golden bell

Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu
Do make tomorrow a sunny day
If you make my wish come true
We'll drink lots of sweet sake

Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu
Do make tomorrow a sunny day
but if it's cloudy and I find you crying
Then I shall snip your head off

Friday, April 3, 2015

The Magic of Oz sim is having a hunt! April 1-16. collect some things and get some things! I made shoes, a bright splattered version of the Classix Nouveaux, alternate not-messy laces and soles are also included. There are versions to fit Slink and system feet, for boys and girls. Unrigged mesh, so you can modify the fit if you require.

More information about how to play, and some more prize previews, can be found on the Magic of Oz blog.

Schadenfreude Enterprises

Schadenfreude is a brand is Second Life, which has a big black elephant on Nouveau.

There are also a few things that were available in world for a limited time for events, or that have been retired from the elephant, that are now ONLY available on the Marketplace. (Including all the hair!)

Gifting

With the death of onrez, I have no comprehensive web based gifting systems. Selections of items are on the Second Life Marketplace.

I am also very happy to gift items for you if you contact Allegory Malaprop directly! And you can also get old fashioned gift cards, if you contact me directly (sadly, many gift card systems are prone to security holes that can open up with no notice- if I do it by hand I can keep track a bit better...in theory).

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Bloggers

I don't have a blogger list, for a number of reasons. I love seeing things blogged! I just don't do blogger lists, or review copies beyond some events. I totally do respect that blogging is expensive, even with promotional copies, and I'm sorry, but this is what works for me.

p.s. I do love to chat (though I'm not actually good at it- you'll probably have to carry the conversation!), so do feel free to talk to me anyway!